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    It was Christmas day in the year 2003, in cold Chicago, Illinois. A man robbed a local home. As a result, the victim of the house took a gun and shot the burglar. The criminal was taken to a hospital to be taken care of, while the owner faced charges and prosecutions since the town had a gun ordinance ban. If it was not for the law abiding citizen, this man would have gotten away with theft and possibly assault (Wheeler 20). Gun control will altogether cause more problems in America than it will…

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    Gun Suicides Essay

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    Between the years 2000 and 2013 the amount of deaths by guns in America exceeded the amount of deaths caused by AIDS, drugs, wars, and terrorism combined. Even more shocking than this statistic is how unique this issue is to the United States. In the United States there are 29.7 homicides for every 1 million people. Switzerland, with the second highest rate in the world, has only 7.7. It is not that Americans are just more violent individuals, in fact the US ranks far below first for crimes…

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    Under Armour

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    Under Armour is one of the largest and fastest growing activewear clothing line manufacturers in the country. The activewear industry market has been growing considerably over the last decade. Growing demand for activewear, the sporty fashion for both the gym and the streets, has lifted sales for makers of the clothing and the retailers that sell it. (Source: Fortune) The market has grown from Nike and the Adidas being the largest two corporations to an extensive market including Under Armour.…

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    Jeff Koons

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    Born in 1955 in Pennsylvania, Jeff Koons is a renowned American contemporary artist known for his practice of placing every day, ordinary objects in unique installations. Although he got his expertise in Baltimore at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he obtained his M.F.A., he ended up transferring to the School of the Art Institution of Chicago after visiting and becoming inspired by an exhibit of Jim Nutt, who also attended the Art Institution on Chicago. He stated in an…

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    The Commerce Clause

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    in the local production falling subject to the commerce clause and Congress’ right to regulate it because it, although far stretched, was thought to, in aggregate, substantially change demand and thus change the outcome interstate commerce. Wickard v. Filburn (1942) was another case in which Congress yielded more powers over commerce, the states, and the American citizens. Obviously, Congress was pleased with the ruling since it increased their powers. Local farmers and producers on the other…

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    Roe Vs Wade Research Paper

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    Roe v. Wade was the Supreme Court case that led to the legalization of abortion in the United States. By the time Roe v. Wade was introduced, abortion had seemed to be a settled social issue in America. However, by the 1960’s, political factions and campaigns were rising up and stirring the waters of reproductive rights. Abortion had changed during the courses of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, becoming a private practice of the people to a great political divide. Abortion was actually…

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    Roe V. Wade

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    The topic of abortions has been an on-going controversy since the famous court case Roe v. Wade. Before this court case only three states in the U.S provided access to abortions. People involved in the court in the Roe v Wade case were a poor pregnant woman, two young inexperienced lawyers, and a supreme court justice with a background in medical law (Purdy). In 1973, Supreme court with a decision 7-2 verdict, using the concept of privacy and the statue of due process, the supreme court…

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    The Superiority of Whites over Blacks Back in the early 1930s in Southern Alabama everything was seen as black and white. The color white was definitely superior to the black color. Black people were highly motivated to work and produce for their future and families, but there was this racism; discrimination; and segregation against colored people that impeded their success. All of this factors that destroyed the lives of 9 young black teenagers. Only southerner whites had the opportunity to…

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    Establishment Clause

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    designing programs related to religion, educators must be cognizant of several precedent-setting lower court decisions (Sergiovanni, et al, 2009, p. 309) in addition to Supreme Court decisions. The first case Mr. Katz should have known is Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing. Justice Black (1947) delivered the opinion of the Court,…

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    Roe’s Trimester Framework In March 1970, Jane Roe , an unmarried pregnant woman, filed lawsuit against Texas on the grounds that its ‘criminal abortion statutes’ were unconstitutional. Brought to the Supreme Court in 1972, Roe V. Wade declared allowing abortion only to save the mother 's life unconstitutional by interpreting the ‘right to privacy’ as being inclusive to a woman’s decision to have an abortion- a victory for Roe. The seven justice majority who contributed to Roe’s legalisation…

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